[AP/Jerusalem Post] Members of Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite minority have held protests that included anti-government slogans rarely heard in public, sparked by a dispute at a cemetery in Medina. On Tuesday, the dispute erupted into two protests involving several hundred people, and Shi'ite leaders differed over whether demonstrations and shouting slogans would resolve the issue better than quiet dialogue with the government.
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